Saturday, January 19, 2013

Ackloo: Haters Gonna Hate CHAIN MAIL EDITION! (Updated)

We get some pretty interesting mail in the Ackloo inbox. Most of the time I don't give the crazies the satisfaction of a response.And then sometimes I can't help myself. Names and emails redacted to protect the stupid. ---Original Message-----From: ACLU MediaSent: Sat 1/19/2013 6:38 PMTo: DXXXXXSubject: RE: Lucius TravlerThanks for contacting us. The email you reference has
been widely circulated, but does not represent the ACLU’s views. The
ACLU has no knowledge of the reported event, or the photograph. The
email has been debunked by the website snopes.com <http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/marines.asp>.The ACLU vigorously defends the rights of all
Americans to practice their faith. More on our work defending religious
freedom and expression can be found here: <http://www.aclu.org/aclu-defense-religious-practice-and-expression>.The ACLU has never had a spokesperson by the name of
Lucius Traveler, and no such person exists to our knowledge. So
regrettably, we cannot pass along your feedback to him personally. But
thank you for your e-mail. -----Original Message-----From: DXXXXX [dxxxxx@yahoo.com]Sent: Sat 1/19/2013 11:48 AMTo: ACLU MediaSubject: Lucius TravlerPlease tell Lucius to go fuck himself. And I Pray
that some raghead puts a bomb under his sorry ass. Then he will know
what those wonderful kids are going through over there. DXXXXXSent from my iPhone>>> Fw: ACLU vs USMCHOORAH!!ACLU vs. US MarinesTHIS NEEDS TO GO AROUND THE USA MANY TIMES SO KEEP IT GOING!

If you
look closely at the picture above, you will note that all the Marines
pictured are bowing their heads. That's because they're praying. This
incident took place at a recent ceremony honoring the birthday of the
corps, and it has the ACLU up in arms. "These are federal employees,"
says Lucius Traveler, a spokesman for the ACLU, "on federal property and
on federal time.. For them to pray is clearly an establishment of
religion, and we must nip this in the bud immediately."When
asked about the ACLU's charges, Colonel Jack Fessender, speaking for the
Commandant of the Corps said (cleaned up a bit), "Screw the ACLU." GOD
Bless Our Warriors. Send the ACLU to France !Please
send this to people you know so everyone will know how stupid the ACLU
is getting in trying to remove GOD from everything and every place in
America May God Bless America , One Nation Under GOD!What's wrong with the picture? ABSOLUTELY NOTHINGGOD BLESS YOU FORPASSING IT ON! I am sorry but I am not breaking this one....Let us pray Prayer chain for our Military...please don't break itTHIS NEEDS TO GO AROUND THE USA MANY TIMES SO KEEP IT GOING>>>

The truth is out there...but probably not in a chain mail. The more you know. XO R

Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for my outburst. It seems I was
duped by that email and I get so upset when I see disrespect for our
troops. I do not plan to forward the thing. I do support some of what
you do, but not everything. DXXXXX

Sent from my iPhone

So, having received the message at a tapas restaurant after four glasses of sangria, it made total sense to write back.